Abby Brenker
The Best Time Travel Films
For some reason I feel like this list of films is going to be oddly polarizing. These are Alan and my favorite time travel themed movies...
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Abby Brenker
Apr 28, 20234 min read
The History of May Day, Walpurgis Night, Beltane and Horror
Over centuries and across cultures, this date has hosted many different festivals and holidays, from Walpurgis Night to Beltane and May Day
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Abby Brenker
Apr 21, 20231 min read
The History of Washingtonville Cemetery
This is the Washingtonville Cemetery, with headstones dating back to the late 1700s. We visited on a rainy day and still encountered a...
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Abby Brenker
Apr 21, 20232 min read
The Best Paranormal Horror Films
This is a bit of a broad category, but I’ve been focused on paranormal horror lately and wanted to highlight some of my favorites....
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Abby Brenker
Apr 19, 20232 min read
The Earliest Horror Films by Georges Méliès
Recently I’ve been on a mission to track down some of the earliest horror films. We know horror pre-dates film as a medium; some of the...
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Abby Brenker
Apr 15, 20233 min read
The Best and Most Bizarre Brian De Palma Films
One of my favorite rituals is spending a weekend morning watching an old-timey moving from TCM. This morning I discovered a documentary...
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Abby Brenker
Apr 3, 20233 min read
The Historic Buildings of Roosevelt Island
One of my favorite neighborhoods of New York City is Roosevelt Island, located smack dab between Manhattan and Queens in the East River....
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